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# Will Motlow

Lauderdale County District Court · District Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Lauderdale County District Court
- State: Alabama
- Role: District Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### media recording photography broadcasting

Scope: statewide

Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4 permits televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings only as provided by Alabama judicial ethics canons, law, or another court rule.

Evidence excerpt: The taking of television pictures or other photographs in or of the courtroom during the progress of judicial proceedings or the radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings may be permitted as provided in Canon 3(A)(7) and (7B), Canons of Judicial Ethics, promulgated by the Alabama Supreme Court, or as otherwise may be permitted by law or other rule of court.

[Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings](https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/library/rules/cr9_4.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://lauderdale.alacourt.gov/district-judges)
- [Official roster](https://lauderdale.alacourt.gov/district-judges)
- [Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster](https://lauderdale.alacourt.gov/district-judges)
- [Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings](https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/library/rules/cr9_4.pdf)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Will Motlow has been Probate Judge of Lauderdale County, AL since 2015
- In addition, official judicial rosters list him as a District Court Judge for Lauderdale County

### Education

- Cumberland School of Law at Samford University — J.D. (2007)
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics and History from the University of North Alabama (2004)

### Additional information

- Before becoming Probate Judge, Motlow was an attorney in Florence, Municipal Judge for the Town of St. Florian, and Prosecutor for the Town of Rogersville
- Community Involvement: Member of the Florence Rotary Club and Rogersville Kiwanis Club; attends Magnolia Church of Christ in Florence with his wife, Amanda



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-2bb56569e2cd3665169eeff4) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Criminal proceedings only.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/library/rules/cr9_4.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.